Disclaimer: Hahaha...I'm working on it...only a million more years until I save up enough money lol.
AN: This chapter is kind of really just explaining the logistics of things. Anyways I hope you all enjoy it! Please review. :D
Episode 2: Too Much Information Is Better Than None At All
"Dean! Hurry and get up already!" Sam yelled urgently as Dean groggily rolled off the bed.
"I know, I know." Dean grumbled loudly as he threw on his clothes and checked the clock; it was 10:45 am.
Dean then staggered into the bathroom to wash his face. Sam walked around the room looking if they had left anything. It was all just precaution since he was pretty sure they didn't bring in anything from the start. When Dean strolled out of the bathroom, Castiel suddenly materialized in front of him.
Dean took a quick step back and exclaimed, "Whoa! Don't do that, Cas."
Castiel turned to look at him and asked, "Are you guys all ready to go?"
"Ya. We're all packed and ready to leave. Let's go." Sam replied as they all headed out to the Devil May Cry office once again.
As soon as Sam, Dean and Castiel arrived at the shop, they heard shouting on the second floor. Sam and Dean immediately pulled out their guns, but relaxed as soon as they heard Dante bellow, "I'm up, I'm up! I'm not going to go back to sleep so put that rocket launcher away! Stop! You're going to destroy my shop!"
"Heh. Looks like I'm not the only one who oversleeps." Dean smugly said to Sam as the trio headed into the shop.
Sam plopped down on the couch and Dean went to go play with the jukebox as Lady walked down the stairs. She smiled sweetly and greeted them, " Hello boys, make yourselves at home. Sorry about Dante. He's an idiot."
"I heard that!" Dante exclaimed as he came down the stairs, "At least I'm not ugly!"
"Hey, hey. I think Lady is gorgeous. She's beautiful in every way." Dean joined in as he grinned at Lady.
"You're not so bad yourself." Lady replied.
Sam sighed, "Not the right time, Dean. Also, Dante. What was the plan you were talking about yesterday? We brought everything."
"Oh! That. Eh, so much to explain," Dante complained, " Well, what do you guys want to know first? What we are fighting, weapons to use, or other random crap?"
"We'd like to know more about our enemies first." Sam stated formally.
"So basically, in a few days, demons are going to open a hell gate somewhere close to here and we are going to jump right in and kick their asses back into hell. Then we're going to fight whoever is in charge and beat him to a pulp." Dante explained confidently.
"Awesome." Dean commented as he grinned.
Sam sighed and continued, "Do you have any more information on that?"
"I don't know about Dante but I do" Lady interjected then grinned slyly, "But you need to pay up for it."
"Are you serious?" Sam cried, "I really hope you're joking…"
Lady laughed and Castiel who had been silent this whole conversation spoke up, "I can also explain some of it. Although it probably wouldn't be as accurate as her explanation."
"Well, the angel can explain first and I'll fix anything wrong on the way." Lady decided.
"Okay so do we just sit here and listen?" Dante questioned.
"Yea. What he said." Dean commented in.
They were both ignored as Castiel nodded to Lady and began his long explanation, "To start off, in this world are many more religions than the ones that we know. What we are used to is the biblical world where there is Heaven, Hell, and Earth and God controls most things. However, in their world, there is only the Underworld and the human world. It is somewhat like different dimensions in the same world. We coexist but its different."
"So basically, both exist as you can see, angels, like Cas, exist and Dante and I know he exists." Lady added "However, they are not usually seen in this place since not many people believe in them. Here, when people die, they all go to the Underworld or Hell and there is no separation of Heaven and Hell because that is what they believe. It all depends on what you believe in."
"Therefore, the lore here is different. These demons here are different than the ones that we know. They can only be killed in different certain ways than the demons that we know." Cas continued, "Almost everything here is different that what we are used to."
"That's close enough for a brief lesson on these concepts." Lady concluded.
"I see. Wait, wait. So what was that thing we saw yesterday was a demon in your 'world'?" Sam asked suspiciously.
"Yep. Same as the black smokey things you guys are used to. When they are at a place near the Underworld, like here, they form a solid body. The particular one you saw was a scarecrow. They usually attack in mobs." Dante explained.
"So. We're supposed to fight these in mobs? That's going to be pretty hard." Dean commented.
"Ya. That's why I told you to bring all your weapons. So then we can see if they are useful enough to pack. It's not like we have unlimited space, right?" said Dante, "We can do that now. If you want."
"That's a good idea." Sam replied as he went outside to get all their guns and knives from the trunk of the Impala as everyone else followed.
Sam took out each weapon carefully as Dante and Lady examined them. Most of the weapons were handguns, but there were also a few knives and two angel swords. "Oh. Is that a Desert Eagle? This baby can pack a punch!" Lady exclaimed as she held up a large gun, "I've been wanting one but I don't have enough space to carry it. Such a shame."
"Shotgun. Beretta. Oh! Smith & Wesson and two angel swords. Not bad." Dante evaluated as he finished looking through all of the weapons, "What do you usually use?"
"I use the .45 caliber Colt and Sammy here uses a Taurus model 92. Pretty badass, right?" Dean answered while he smiled proudly, "We've got quite the collection. Took us some time to get all this."
"Well, it's good for normal demons but when it comes to hordes. You can't really fight off all them with guns. Well, unless you're like Lady, who can reload really fast, and who's good at hand-to-hand combat." Dante replied and turned to Lady, "Can you show them all your weapons?"
Lady shrugged and said, "Sure why not. Just for these boys."
First, she took off her rocket launcher then she took out her submachine gun with a bayonet that was strapped to the back off her leg. She grabbed and showed two 9mm pistols she hid in the back of her skirt as well as many grenades. She pulled out another pistol from under her skirt. "I also have extra magazines that are already loaded just in case." Lady said nonchalantly as she pulled out an extra magazine for each gun and smiled.
"Whoa. That's pretty excessive, isn't it? Overkill... Or not. I don't think we can pull that off." Dean remarked as Sam just stared and nodded in agreement.
"Don't worry. I don't think I can pull that off either. That's why you guys are going to just use your usual guns and I'm going to lend you both two devil arms." Dante responded, "Cas, you have your angel sword right? I don't think you will be needing any more weapons, right?"
"Indeed. I can also just use my powers so I'm fine." agreed Castiel.
"Alright! Now, I'll show you all my countless battle trophies." Dante said excitedly as he grinned and led Sam and Dean to an adjacent room.
"This is awesome!" Dean exclaimed as he entered the room after Dante with Sam behind him.
The room was dark but everything seemed clean much to the brothers' surprise. After all, they had seen the condition of the messy lobby. There were many racks and shelves holding Dante's so called battle trophies.
There was a sudden voice among the weapon racks, "Master is back. He also brought guests. We must entertain them."
"Indeed. What should we do?" a second voice said as Dante sighed and groaned.
"Brother! Master is sighing and groaning."
"Sigh? Groan? What are those?"
"Well, a sigh is-"
"Stop!" Dante interrupted, "I've told you before... be quiet! Or I'll throw you away. Got it?"
"..."
"Good. That was Agni and Rudra, fire and wind twin swords." Dante said to Sam and Dean as he pointed to the two strangely shaped orange and blue blades in the corner.
"Wow. So now weapons can talk too?" Dean asked.
"No. It's just those two. Basically, most devil arms are made of souls of defeated strong demons that transforms into weapons, kinda like living weapons but not really. Pick any two that you like." Dante replied heartily.
As Sam and Dean walked over to the many weapons in the room; they saw many various blades, gauntlets with greaves, firearms, and other things. Dean suddenly heard a faint strum of a guitar and turned to see what made the noise. A purple guitar leaned against the wall caught his eye and he walked towards it. It was really stylish and looked as if it was it was shining. He picked it up and heard it thrum again. "Is this also a weapon? It's so cool!" Dean declared as he plucked the strings.
"That babe there is Nevan, the lightning witch. She was one hell of a woman." Dante responded as he smiled at his memories, "She seems to like you a lot."
"Heh. Of course. After all, I am a lady-killer." Dean replied as he grinned.
Dante laughed as he proceeded to explain how to use Nevan, "You can play chords to send shockwaves of lightning or summon bats to attack and defend. She can also transform into a scythe and you can use her that way too. Don't test it inside though; you'll wreck my shop."
While Dean and Dante talked about Nevan, Sam was still looking around for something to stick out. His eyes stopped at a set of gauntlets, greaves, mask, and back armor with matching patterns. There were various glowing designs that was emitting shades of red and purple. The gauntlets looked like claws and the greaves had small saws. Sam reached out and touched it; as soon as his had made contact with the armor, it attached itself onto his body. "Whoa! What just happened?" Sam exclaimed as he fell to the floor, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to put it on."
Dante and Dean laughed when they saw Sam sprawled on the floor in a mess. "It's ok." Dante said after his laughing fit, "That's Gilgamesh. He just wants to be used again. He's quite the partner."
"It's not really as heavy as I thought it would be." Sam said as he stood up, "So, how do you use this?"
"It looks pretty good on you, Sammy." Dean complemented.
"Mainly, it ups your physical abilities. You can also charge it to make attacking stronger. You can also cut monster with the blades on the greaves and the gauntlets. Then there are normal punches and kicks." Dante summed up.
"Cool. So, we need one more each, right?" asked Dean.
Sam continued, "Do you have any suggestions?"
"Hmm...I think you would like Cerberus, a tripartite ice element nunchaku." Dante said to Sam then turned to Dean, "You look like someone who would like Ifrit, a pair of fire gauntlets."
Dante walked over to the shelves and got Sam Cerberus and Dean Ifrit. When Sam received Cerberus, he saw that the handles were shaped like poles of ice and it was a bit cold. As Dean looked over Ifrit, he noticed that there was a dragon head shape covering the hand of each gauntlet it was also radiating heat. "Whoa. Not bad at all." Dean complemented while smiling, "So how do you use this bad boy?"
"Heh. Knew you'd like it!" Dante replied as he grinned, "Well, it increases your fighting potential and you can control fire to protect you and attack enemies."
"Wait. How do you use a triple-part nunchaku? I'm not really sure..." Sam interrupted.
"You use it kinda like a normal nunchaku." Dante answered, "Except, it's a bit more complex. That's the best way I can explain it. It'll just come to you when you try it out. You can also freeze things and create ice pillars or things like that."
"I see. So will we be able to try these out later?" Sam asked.
"Yup. Not in here though. I owe enough money as it is." Dante said as he smiled at Sam and Dean, "So. Let's go back to Cas and Lady. They're probably tired of waiting for us."
As they headed out Dean suddenly questioned, "How did you even meet Lady? She's quite the girl."
"That's quite a long story. But when we first met, she shot she rocket launcher at me and almost ran me over with her bike." Dante replied.
"Wow. She must be really feisty." Dean commented with a grin.
"Not really the time right now, Dean. You too, Dante. I swear, you guys are so alike. I can't even believe that I would ever meet another adult like that." Sam complained as they rejoined with Castiel and Lady in the main room.
"So you boys got it all sorted out?" Lady asked as she saw them walking back in.
Sam replied, "Yes. Wait, no. Dante, what are you using?"
"Oh, I'm using Ebony and Ivory, Rebellion, and Yamato." Dante said while he pointed to each as he named them.
"So, you are all finished." Castiel concluded as Sam, Dean, and Dante nodded.
"Ok. On to the next part then." Lady said, "What things do you guys usually use to hunt demons and things like that?"
"Umm... We have EFM readers, cameras, infrared thermal-scanner, holy water, salt, some silver bullets, black light, and a few other things." Sam replied.
"Holy water is good," Dante said while Lady nodded, "because it is really expensive. But the rest aren't really the things to use in our Underworld."
"The whole Underworld is different," Castiel agreed, "It is not just 'Hell' for Christianity but all the 'Hells' of different beliefs as well."
"Wait. So, what do we need?" Dean asked, "And how will we get it in time?"
"No worries, my friend." Dante said as he pat Dean on the shoulder, "I have a stash of my saved up items that we can all share. I'm going to get them while Lady here explains their uses."
Dante strolled up the stairs as Lady began explaining, "Basics first. There are many types of things that we can use. First off, they are split into two categories: orbs and items. Orbs are used for many things depending on the color it is. Red orbs are made of crystallized demon blood. They can be used for opening specific doors and buying for other items."
"Whoa, so there are stores that sell items in Hell?" Dean interrupted.
"Not quite. There are Divinity Statues that are kinda like shops. It's a golden statue of a woman holding an hourglass. You can exchange those orbs for items there." Lady answered.
"That's really odd." Sam commented.
Lady continued, "Anyways, there are green orbs that are made of crystallized demon fluids that can heal wounds the moment they are picked up. Blue orbs, in which 4 fragments make one orb, give you more energy and vitality. Yellow orbs can actually revive you."
"Revive? How is that possible?" Sam questioned.
"Well, it pulls your soul back into your body and heals the body completely. However, they are really rare and hard to find. You can only use them the instant you die or it wouldn't work. So be careful, keep them with you at all times, and try not to die." Lady replied cooly.
"Okay. So is that it?" Dean asked.
"No, but those are all the ones that we can use." Lady continued, "Dante, who is half demon, can use purple and white orbs. It lets him turn into a full demon for a certain amount of time."
"Oh. So we don't need those." Sam said, "But what about Cas?"
"As far as I know, there aren't anything specifically for angels so he can only use what we could." Lady explained.
"It is fine. I do not really need anything." Castiel declared in turn.
"Ok. On to the items. First there is holy water; I mentioned earlier that it is really expensive. It is used to ward away evil and severely damages demons that are near you." Lady proceeded, "Then there are only two stars that we can use. The vital star, the green one, is pretty much the same as the green orb and is used to heal wounds. But unlike the green orbs, you can save them for later. The other is the untouchable, a yellow star. Like you can guess from the name, it makes you invulnerable for a period of time."
"Cool! It's like the invincibility in Mario games!" Dean remarked as Lady laughed.
Dante strolled back into the room with a bag full of things, glanced at Lady laughing and asked, "What did I miss?"
"Nothing much." Lady answered as she regained her composure, "So, what do you have?"
Dante nervously laughed as he dumped the contents onto the pool table and replied, "I think I used most of my stash during the whole Savior incident..."
Sam, Dean, Lady and Castiel all observed all of the items on the table: two vital stars, one yellow orb, one hundred red orbs, and three blue orb fragments. After looking everything over twice, Lady turned to Dante and smiled a smile that was uncannily sweet. Sam and Dean looked once at Lady and began slowly backed away; they could practically feel the malice radiating from her despite her lovely smile. She quickly drew her pistol and began to shower Dante with bullets. Dante, in turn, started to run and dodge bullets while saying, "I'm sorry, Lady! Come on! Don't shoot me! I thought I had more, but things happen, ya know! I'm really, really sorry!"
Sam, Dean and Castiel watched the scene unravel while silently pitying Dante as he continued to dodge rounds of bullets. Suddenly, Lady stopped firing, sighed, then spoke up, "Fine. You owe me big time for this, Dante. I'll share my emergency stash of items with you guys. I have three vital stars, one holy water, two untouchables, five hundred red orbs, four yellow orbs, and two blue orbs."
Lady then went outside to get the items from the back compartment of her bike. When she came back inside she put all of the items on top of Dante's pile on the pool table. "So, how are we going to split this?" Dean asked.
"Well, if we are to split it evenly, to start off, we should each get one vital star and one yellow orb." Castiel suggested and everyone else agreed.
Eventually, with a lot of debate, everyone got a hundred and twenty red orbs, and one holy water each since Sam and Dean brought their own. Sam, Dean and Lady each got a blue orb while Dante gave two of his three fragments to Castiel. They all agreed that Lady would keep the two untouchables until it was necessary to use it. With that task all over, everyone sighed and began to relax. Sam, Dean and Castiel reclined on the couch, Dante laid back at his desk, and Lady rested on top of the pool table.
Suddenly, Dante sat up straight and said, "Looks like we've got company."
The door to Devil May Cry then was blown apart and pieces of wood showered everyone in the room. Sam, Dean and Castiel stood up and readied themselves for a battle. Lady took out her pistol and aimed at the doorway. Dante merely picked up another slice of pizza and began eating. A woman walked through the dust and debris of the doorway. She was elegantly tall and had long, flowing blond hair. She wore a black corset and had sunglasses on. "Trish!" Lady exclaimed as she put away her firearm.
"Do you have to blow down my door every time to come here?" Dante questioned as he glanced at the barren wall that used to have a door.
"It's a custom made door just for you, Dante." Lady sniggered as she waved to Trish.
"Hey, Lady!" Trish said as she smiled and flung off her sunglasses, "And Dante."
"Whoa, she's hot." Dean whispered to Sam who just sighed in exasperation.
Trish took a look around the room and continued, "So, who are your guests? Aren't you going to introduce me?"
~End of Episode 2~
AN: It's me again. Just wanted to say that I probably will not be updating regularly. I'm a rather spontaneous person...deadlines are bad for my health...hahaha if only. Anyways This fic will probably be updating pretty randomly so yea. Please review and tell me what you liked or don't like! It would be really helpful! :D
